Battle Of Cape St. Vincent (1606)
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent was a naval engagement that took place on 6 October 1606, John Lothrop Motley, ''History of the United Netherlands, From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609'', volume 11 (Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1867) p. 267 ("On the 6th of October many sails were descried in the distance, and the longing eyes of the Hollanders were at last gratified with what were supposed to be the great West India commercial squadrons... the newcomers soon proved to be the war-ships of Admiral Don Luis de Fazardo") during the Dutch–Portuguese War within the Eighty Years' War. A Spanish fleet under Admiral Luis Fajardo attacked the Dutch fleet led by Admiral Willem Haultain and Vice Admiral Regnier Klaazoon, which was blocking the Spanish-Portuguese coast to intercept the Spanish treasure fleet. The battle concluded in a Spanish victory; in which Klaazoon's flagship was destroyed, two ships were captured, and Haultain fled with the rest of t ...
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Eighty Years' War
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralisation, taxation, and the rights and privileges of the nobility and cities. After the initial stages, Philip II of Spain, the sovereign of the Netherlands, deployed his armies and regained control over most of the rebel-held territories. However, widespread mutinies in the Spanish army caused a general uprising. Under the leadership of the exiled William the Silent, the Catholic- and Protestant-dominated provinces sought to establish religious peace while jointly opposing the king's regime with the Pacification of Ghent, but the general rebellion failed to sustain itself. Despite Governor of Spanish Netherlands and General for Spain, the Duke of Parma's steady military and diplomatic successes, the Union of Utrecht ...
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